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Architecture

The art and science of building

Barge Board

... or bargeboard: board that hangs from the projecting end of a gable roof, often ornamental.

Box Gutter

A rectangular-shaped timber roof gutter recessed in the eaves to conceal them and to protect them from falling foliage.

Chimney

A structure, generally of brick or stone, containing a passage through which the smoke and waste gases from a fire or furnace may escape

Downpipe

A vertical pipe used to carry rainwater from the roof to either the ground or a drainage system.

Eaves

The lower part of a roof that overhangs the walls

Flashing

A thin, impervious sheet of material placed in construction to prevent water penetration or direct the flow of water. Flashing is used especially at roof hips and valleys, roof penetrations, joints between a roof and a vertical wall, and in masonry walls to direct the flow of water and moisture.

Gable

The triangular end of a house formed at the end of a pitched roof, from eaves level to apex

Galvanise

The coating of iron or steel with zinc to protect it from rust.

Hip Roof

A roof with an end roughly pyramidal in shape, with surfaces sloping upwards from all three eaves

Parapet

A low wall at the edge of a roof, balcony, bridge, or terrace

Pitch

The angle of inclination to the horizon of a roof

Porch

A covered entrance to a building

Profile

The shape to which rolled metal roofing and guttering is matched

Ridge Capping

A layer of metal topping the ridge of a roof.

Roll-forming

Rolling coated steel into different profiles for roofing, cladding, metal decking or fences

Sheet and strip

Flat rolled steel product less than 3mm thick.

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